quote /kwəʊt/ CET4 TEM4 ( quoting, quoted, quotes )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you quote someone as saying something, you repeat what they have written or said. 引用; 引述

  例：

  He quoted Mr. Polay as saying that peace negotiations were already underway.

  他引用波利先生的话说，和平谈判已在进行。

  例：

  I gave the letter to the local press and they quoted from it.

  我把信交给了当地的报社，他们从中引用了内容。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A quote from a book, poem, play, or speech is a passage or phrase from it. 引文; 引语

  例：

  The paper starts its editorial comment with a quote from an unnamed member of the House.

  该报社论以一位匿名议员的引语展开。

• 3. 

  V-T If you quote something such as a law or a fact, you state it because it supports what you are saying. 引用 (法律条款、事实等)

  例：

  The Congresswoman quoted statistics saying that the standard of living of the poorest people had fallen.

  这位女国会议员援引统计数据说，赤贫人口的生活水平已经下降。

• 4. 

  V-T If someone quotes a price for doing something, they say how much money they would charge you for a service they are offering or a for a job that you want them to do. 报 (价)

  例：

  A travel agent quoted her $260 for a flight from Boston to New Jersey.

  一家旅行社给她从波士顿到新泽西的航班报价$260。

• 5. 

  N-COUNT A quote for a piece of work is the price that someone says they will charge you to do the work. 报价

  例：

  Always get a written quote for any repairs needed.

  对任何所需的修理都索取一份书面报价。

• 6. 

  V-T PASSIVE If a company's shares, a substance, or a currency is quoted at a particular price, that is its current market price. 报 (公司股票、物质、货币) 的牌价 [商业]

  例：

  In early trading in Hong Kong yesterday, gold was quoted at $368.20 an ounce.

  昨天在香港早市的交易中，黄金被报出每盎司$368.20的牌价。

• 7. 

  N-PLURAL Quotes are the same as quotation marks. 引号 [非正式]

  例：

  The word "remembered" is in quotes.

  “”一词是打了引号的。